@InDeepGeek From their email to me:
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Debbie Smith
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Debbie Smith
@theebanjodeb
Heritage, class and premium quality
Katılım Temmuz 2019
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@theebanjodeb Is it? For all new content as well, or just the back catalogue?
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Sigh. Ok, I'll sign up to another streaming service.
Warner Bros. Discovery@wbd
HBO Max is now live in the UK and Ireland, completing its European rollout and bringing premium entertainment from Warner Bros. Discovery to even more audiences 🇬🇧🇮🇪
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@InDeepGeek Absolutely - after all, after all this time what's another year?
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Right now, I'd be overjoyed with another Dunk and Egg story or two, even if it put back publication of The Winds of Winter by a year.
And I'm pretty sure most of the fandom agrees with me.
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@Britpopmemories @TaipeiValencia Do you think that the modern shite state of affairs came out of nowhere then? It's a pipeline that goes back much further than the 90s, to be fair, but that decade played its part.
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@theebanjodeb @TaipeiValencia Fair enough, but the leap being made by the original post is so huge that it needed to be commented on. I’d say the current Incel and Tate brother stuff is so far beyond what anyone saw in the 90’s that it’s not at all related.
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A hill I will die on. Fantasy Football with its "ironic" racism and sexism leading to Soccer Saturday then to blokey football podcasts etc was a key step towards the manosphere.
David Baddiel@Baddiel
Some may be surprised by how all the men in @louistheroux 's Manosphere doc turn out to be antisemites, but it follows from their logic. First, obviously, Jew hatred is clickbait, but more importantly, these men promote versions of themselves as brave mavericks unafraid to stick it to the feminised liberal Establishment - and as such, they need an embodiment of power to kick against - one that they, in their I-don’t-give-a-fuck performance, are smashing through. They need the myth of the Matrix. They begin with women as the control but soon they move on to Jews, who provide a darker mythology of control for them to perform being not-controlled by.
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@Britpopmemories @TaipeiValencia Tacky and naff sexism is still sexism. And yes, Benny Hill, Carry On and KMQ hats were also to blame, as they propagated the notion that it was "all a bit of fun", normalising sexist attitudes of the time. Take it from someone who was there in both eras.
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@TaipeiValencia As a 90’s nostalgia account I see a few “bad takes” about the 90’s.
This one is really clutching at straws though. The sexism of the 90’s was often tacky and naff, but it was more in the style of Benny Hill, Carry On, and seaside kiss me quick hats.
Is Benny Hill to blame too?
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@InDeepGeek I think I'm going to treat myself to a pair of tickets and a long birthday weekend in Stratford-upon-Avon this August 😁
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The Game of Thrones stage play will be debuting in Stratford Upon Avon "this summer". No official dates have been announced, but based on the RSC's calendar, a run from 1 July to late September looks likely.
(then presumably a transfer to London)
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30 years ago today Echobelly released “Dark Therapy” which I think is not only their best single but also their best song.
Anyone agree with me?
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@AchtungMillwall In some forms of Buddhist spiritual traditions , the guru will give the student a proper clump , right on the boat , with a sturdy sandal or suchlike . So this does have a precedent of sorts . I think it’s Worthy of support
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Peter Claffey has publicly clarified that the Henry Cavill spoiler was just a misunderstanding. He *hasn't said anything about the other two spoilers, which means ... 🤔
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@ThomasDolby I much prefer Rowland S Howard's version of White Wedding, personally
youtu.be/ET2nbRpVp0k?si…
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On a scale of 1-10, how much do we like Billy Idol's 'White Wedding' and 'Rebel Yell?'
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So why is Dunk "richer than a Lannister"?
Because he took a Lannister's greatest treasure.
And that's how prophecy works. 😉😂
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Dunk will be "Richer than a Lannister"?
OK, I think this one has a clear explanation. But we'll need to dig into season 2 / The Sworn Sword... 🧵
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@InDeepGeek I haven't yet watched it, will do so when I finish work this evening, but I quite like the one episode a week schedule - reminds me of old fashioned telly! That said, episodes are quite short and if it's as good as everyone says it'll be a long week's wait!
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What do you think about the release schedule? I quite like once a week as it's only 6 episodes. But should they have released more than one at the start?
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@berenyi_miki I would have come along except I injured my eye that morning (it's OK now). Sad to have missed it.
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Complete joy watching Helen McCookerybook perform her wonderful songs (her voice takes me straight back to my teens!) in Stoke Newington last night with a host of greats inc Terry Edwards, Lester Square and Gina Birch 😍
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